Work from anywhere
Enabling government employees to work effectively away from the office with Microsoft Windows Vista
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Today mobile solutions include a wide array of technologies that make it easier for government organizations to extend the workplace beyond their physical walls. But working away from the office requires solutions that allow workers to easily and more securely connect to information, networks, and people.
So to provide the effective technology and productivity tools that mobile and dispersed workers need, government organizations are challenged to deploy, maintain, and support mobile and decentralized computers and devices while maintaining a high level of security. By enabling a more secure and seamless way to exchange information, Windows Vista can help your workforce maintain a high level of collaboration and productivity wherever they may be.
The mobility improvements of Windows Vista make teleworking a truly viable option, whether your employees are working from a squad car, project site, disaster area, crime scene, home, or anywhere else they need to be.
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 | Connect, collaborate, and share |
| Get more done from anywhere |
| Manage data synchronization |
| Stay more secure and protected on the go |
Connect, collaborate, and share
The Network and Sharing Center and Network Setup Wizard make it easier to create, configure, and troubleshoot network connections. For example, Windows Vista discovers and sustains connections to wireless networks more easily and securely than ever before.
Windows Vista also makes it easier to more securely access documents and programs on a remote computer from across a network or across the Internet from another computer, enabling employees to get their work done wherever they have an Internet connection.
Not only does Windows Vista make it easier to get connected, it makes it easier for mobile workers to get work done. To increase your mobile workers' productivity, Windows Meeting Space enables face-to-face, small group collaboration for groups of up to 10 users—on or off the network. So group projects can move forward even when group members are in different locations!
Windows Meeting Space can also be used to project presentations to other Windows Vista PCs. In addition, it allows users to distribute documents and jointly edit them easily and securely.
Get more done from anywhere
Windows Vista is optimized to work especially well on mobile hardware. For example, you can save time configuring your system by using the new Windows Mobility Center to adjust all the most commonly used mobility-oriented controls, such as power plan, brightness, and wireless connection. Improved power management will make your on/off experience more reliable, and your PC will be faster coming in and out of sleep states.
Workers in the field with Tablet PCs running Windows Vista can count on precise and intuitive pen navigation with visual feedback and pen flicks. Also, if touch input is available on their Tablet PC, they can use a finger to do many of the things they now do with a mouse or a tablet pen.
And Windows SideShow in Windows Vista supports a secondary or auxiliary display on the outside of your mobile PC, so you can see your meeting schedule, important phone numbers, or recent e-mail messages without opening or turning on your computer.
Manage data synchronization
Windows Vista makes it easier to switch back and forth between being on and off the network. This is particularly true for data synchronization. The more you move around and the more mobile devices you use, the more you rely on synchronization to ensure that your information is current. With mobile workers often gathering critical data, fast and reliable data synchronization is a must for government organizations. When you move back and forth between being connected to your organization's network and working offline, it can be difficult to keep the information on your primary PC, network, and mobile devices synchronized. Sync Center gives users a single place to manage data synchronization between PCs and servers and between PCs and devices. Until now, there has been no easy way to manage these relationships for your employees.
In addition, the Folder Redirection and Offline Files features make keeping files synchronized easier and faster because the service is more reliable and seamless, it offers more granular control, and it is simpler to implement on your network.
Stay more secure and protected on the go
To help address the security risks of mobile computing, Windows Vista includes the latest wireless security protocols, letting your users more securely connect to WiFi networks. For example, Network Access Protection, when used with the Windows Server "Longhorn" infrastructure, can help ensure that computers—before they can connect to your network—aren't infected with a virus.
It's also true that laptop theft is an increasing concern, particularly when your employees are handling private information. To help prevent theft of proprietary or sensitive information from lost or stolen mobile PCs, Windows Vista Enterprise delivers Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a hardware-enabled data protection feature that addresses the growing concern that government and citizen data could be accessed from lost or stolen computers. By encrypting the entire Windows system volume, data is better protected, which prevents unauthorized users from compromising Windows file and system protection on any lost or stolen PCs. Using BitLocker also helps your organization comply with data privacy regulations and reduces concerns about repurposing equipment. Available with Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows Vista Ultimate, BitLocker is simple to deploy and use, and can make data recovery easy if the need arises.